Senator Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita) announced that his senate bill aimed towards aiding foster youth was recently passed by the Senate Human Services Committee with unanimous support. The bill (SB 546) would provide “LifeLine” phones to foster youth between the ages of 13 and 26, extending the California Public Utilities Commission’s “iFoster Pilot Program,” which provides foster youth with smartphones, ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted unanimously to designate 988 as the new three-digit number to access the National Suicide Prevention Hotline. Thursday’s ruling proposes that calls made to 988 would be directed to the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, according to an official statement from the FCC. “Having a three-digit number is terrific because you don’t have to memorize ...